Community is commonality;

“They held all things in common.”

If we live in the same house,

We do not have community.

If we are family,

We do not have community.

If we read the same books,

We do not have community.

If we raise our kids alike,

We do not have community.

If we attend the same bible study,

We do not have community.

If we worship in the same sanctuary,

We do not have community.

In all these things externalism reigns,

Thus the outer is shared, the inner excluded,

And all things are not common.

But if I share my heart, and you yours,

And we both share Christ,

We have community.

The only way to have all things in common

Is to share the only all-inclusive things;

Our hearts and the Christ that binds them.